A bust of partisan female fighter Vera Ciriviri – Trena in Skopje’s Karpos district was demolished yesterday. The bust has been attacked twice in two days, with the second attempt inflicting significant damage.

It is placed at the entrance of the elementary school that bears her name. Karpos Mayor Stefan Bogoev condemned the incident and said that the police has been alerted and is working to find those responsible.

Vera Ciriviri was a young Communist activist prior to World War Two, who was active in leftist student protests. She joined the partisan units since 1941, and the Bulgarian authorities issued a reward for her capture. In 1944 she was found out in a house in Stip, chased by the police and shot, before eventually killing herself to evade capture.

The incident happens at a time when Bulgaria presented a list of demands which Macedonia must meet to be allowed to advance in its EU accession talks. Among them is the request to stop referrences to the Bulgarian rule during World War Two as “Bulgarian fascist occupiers”.

The commemorative plaque in memory of the expulsion of tens of thousands of Macedonian children from Aegean Macedonia was smashed yesterday. The small monument is located opposite of the Macedonian Parliament building, in the center of the city.

The commemorative plaque in memory of the expulsion of tens of thousands of Macedonian children from Aegean Macedonia was smashed yesterday. The small monument is located opposite of the Macedonian Parliament building, in the center of the city.

is there any reason for the monuments being destroyed?

If I had to guess? Paid agents of surrounding states.

__________________I know of two tragic histories in the world- that of Ireland, and that of Macedonia. Both of them have been deprived and tormented.

The commemorative plaque in memory of the expulsion of tens of thousands of Macedonian children from Aegean Macedonia was smashed yesterday. The small monument is located opposite of the Macedonian Parliament building, in the center of the city.

is there any reason for the monuments being destroyed?

My guess is it was the NMK Government. The plaque was a violation of the Prespa agreement.